The rare beauty of human relationships is perhaps in their commonness. And mostly, the periphery of discrete experiences lies adjacent, often seeping into the margins of mortal consciousness. Neela Scarf illustrates this quality, the very accessible but private complexes of human ties. An Act N Grow Theatre Company production, the play is an adaptation of short stories from Anu Singh Chaudhary’s book, Neela Scarf. “Our play is a slice of life for viewers. The stories cut across age and gender barriers to accommodate your emotional upheavals, doubts you struggle with or answers you look to redefine,” says Nitish Sharma, one of the founding members of the Delhi-based theatre group.

Translation is no easy business. It becomes tougher when the medium changes. Ask founder-actor Ishan Chaturvedi about it and he describes how Chaudhary’s stories include time-travel, how her characters evolve, move from one juncture of life to another and the setting is required to adjust to that. “We didn’t want to fall short of depicting any of these defining features,” he says, further adding, “With a small stage and limited resources, we designed a set focusing on parallels amongst the stories. This made transitions seem smooth.”